 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 372 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him; and her whole countenance...hold of her. " Good heavens!" she exclaimed, " he is there—he is there ! — Oh, why does he not look at me ? Why cannot I speak to him ?" " Pray, pray... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him ; and her whole countenance...does he not look at me ? ' Why cannot I speak to him 1" " Pray, pray be composed," cried Elinor, " and do not betray what you feel to every body present.... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 344 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him ; and her whole countenance...why does he not look at me ? Why cannot I speak to himl ' 'Pray, pray be composed,' cried Elinor, 'and do not betray what you feel to every body present.... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 256 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him, and her whole countenance...hold of her. " Good heavens! " she exclaimed, " he is there—he is there. Oh ! why does he not look at me i why cannot I speak to him ? " " Pray, pray be... | |
 | Jane Austen - English fiction - 1892 - 248 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him, and her whole countenance...hold of her. " Good heavens! " she exclaimed, " he is there—he is there. Oh ! why does he not look at me ? why cannot I speak to him ? " " Pray, pray be... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1908 - 326 pages
...Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her. At that moment she first perceived him, and her whole countenance..." she exclaimed, " he is there — he is there. Oh 1 why does he not look at me ? why cannot I speak to him ? " " Pray, pray be composed," cried Elinor,... | |
 | Jane Austen - Domestic fiction - 1913 - 378 pages
...involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be observed by her. At that moment she first per30 ceived him ; and her whole countenance glowing with sudden...! — Oh, why does he not look at me ? Why cannot 35 I speak to him?" "Pray, pray be composed," cried Elinor, "and do not betray what you feel to everybody... | |
 | George Moore - Painting, Modern - 1923 - 510 pages
...till at last she perceives him in a back room, and at once, her whole countenance blazing forth with a sudden delight, she would have moved towards him instantly had not her sister laid her hand on her arm, and in the page and a half that follows Miss Austen gives us all the agony... | |
 | John Halperin - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 352 pages
...till at last she perceives him in a back room, and at once, her whole countenance blazing forth with a sudden delight, she would have moved towards him instantly had not her sister laid her hand on her arm, and in the page and a half that follows Miss Austen gives us all the agony... | |
 | Reeta Sahney - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 224 pages
...to tell; you because you do not communicate, and I, because I conceal nothing".(SS, 184) At another "Good heavens!" she exclaimed, "he is there — he...why does he not look at me? Why cannot I speak to him?"(SS, 190) Elinor is concerned. She wants no proof of their affection, but of their engagement... | |
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... soon caught his eye, and he immediately bowed, but without attempting to speak to her, or to approach Marianne, though he could not but see her ; and then continued his discourse with the same lady. Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see... 
